ala2012 diving in and learning to swim as a new distance education librarian

Diving In and Learning to Swim as a New Distance Education

Librarian

Rachel CannadyBritt Fagerheim

Beth Filar WilliamsHeidi Steiner #divingIn

American Library Association Annual ConferenceAnaheim, California • June 24, 2012

RachelMississippi State

University

BrittUtah State University

HeidiNorwich

University

Beth University of North Carolina - Greensboro

Tips from the

Diving Board

Create a Relay Team

Listen

Build Relationships

Advocate

Be Brave. Dive In!!

Take

Risks

Comfort zones

Document what you are doing and why

Start small

Improvise

Perpetual beta

Collaborate

Why?

How?

Who?

Plunge Into the

Deep

Plan

Patrons Library

UniversityProfessional Standards

Market

WOMM KISS

Social Media Stakeholders

Collect

DUH!E-book

Strategy

Holes?Know your

people!

Swim with the Current

Technolog

y for

Outreach

Portal & Orientation Videos

Not Finding it?

Embed in Databases

Technology for Instruction

Asynchronous

Synchronous

Engaging tools

Keep up!

RSS/Twitter

Go to Conferences

Attend Webinars

Have Fun!

CreditsColor Palette400 Lovers by Tzadkielhttp://www.colourlovers.com/palette/1276025/400_Lovers

Images (All Creative Commons Licensed and Used Accordingly)1. Goggles by kaje_yomamma http://www.flickr.com/photos/28504195@N08/4988401680/2. Drill Field by Roger Smith http://www.flickr.com/photos/65701179@N00/93734151/in/pool-39892358@N00/3. Map of USU Regional Campuses4. Northfield by librarianmer http://www.flickr.com/photos/librarianmer/33032390/in/photostream/5. UNCG Photo by David Wilson - 12/6/05 - Aerial view of the UNCG campus in the evening during the holiday luminaries display.7. splash by omnia_mutantur http://www.flickr.com/photos/39685874@N00/2814042039/8. Swarm of Anthias by Erwin Kodiat http://www.flickr.com/photos/99134924@N00/24180432/9. can you hear it ring? by awkward_er http://www.flickr.com/photos/29163894@N02/3696325069/10. Yelling or kissing by quinn.anya http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/4464686019/in/photostream/11. Save Our Fish! by MadAboutCows http://www.flickr.com/photos/42492293@N00/2933466887/13. Hello, summer. by SabrinaDan Photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/21187962@N03/3790480831/14. The incorrect way to hold a crab by pcgn7 http://www.flickr.com/photos/21204781@N07/2355579689/16. Beach picnic by pinprick http://www.flickr.com/photos/17365783@N00/4900536832/17. Going fishing by atmtx http://www.flickr.com/photos/atmtx/3855300632/18. Mondello by Macorig Paolo http://www.flickr.com/photos/71758328@N00/223645219/21. Scuba by halseike http://www.flickr.com/photos/99624358@N00/5343410373/22. Sand Castle Construction by jaywood_uk http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaywood/2762736502/in/photostream/24. img_1279 by acb http://www.flickr.com/photos/37912374670@N01/2493530274/26. shell collection by steatlhproject2006 http://www.flickr.com/photos/83963643@N00/220764512/29. Surfing Cocoa Beach Florida by Kevin N. Murphy http://www.flickr.com/photos/knmurphy/3827402016/sizes/l/in/photostream/30. Day 231/365 - Hey! You in the boat! By Great Beyond http://www.flickr.com/photos/26104563@N00/5041883160/34. Lucas in the pool by Lars Ploughman http://www.flickr.com/photos/75062596@N00/6316699691/36. Google+ Hangout from Telepresence Options http://www.telepresenceoptions.com/2012/01/google_hangout_for_videoconfer_1/38. Freestyling by AdLavinsky http://www.flickr.com/photos/27981682@N05/5109228652/40. – by Shenghung Lin http://www.flickr.com/photos/40764207@N00/6160659112/42. (85/365)? by Finding Josephine http://www.flickr.com/photos/34233222@N05/3801511495/44. Thanks a Bunch by The Stakhanovite Twins http://www.flickr.com/photos/59479249@N00/1254954232/

Rachel CannadyMississippi State Universityrcannady@library.msstate.edu

Beth Filar WilliamsUNC – Greensboroefwilli3@uncg.edu

Britt FagerheimUtah State Universitybritt.fagerheim@usu.ed

u

Heidi SteinerNorwich Universityhsteiner@norwich.edu

http://guides.library.msstate.edu/divingin